Lost Film Crew

It's typical that the day I finally got a chance to start working seriously was a public holiday- the Dalai Lama's birthday. Everything was closed yesterday. Well, I cleaned the kitchen instead.

This morning when Tenzin and I was buying milk Subramanya turned up with the film crew. They are making a documentary about Tibetan Buddhism in a single day (!). A couple of hours later they showed up at our doorstep demanding to see "the Lama". Well, Tenzin was at work so they used Thinley as a stand in, filming the neglected house altar and the exterior (after they had removed all un-authentic plastic items from the porch). But the house just a normal Indian slab of concrete and bricks, nothing particularily Tibetan about it. Seems to me they are making a film about their own prejudices about Tibetans rather than a documentary. Sometimes I wonder how much S really knows about Tibetan (refugee) culture and society. They did not seem interested in what is going on with Tibetan Buddhsim and in the monasteries today.

This afternoon it was sunny and the kids played outside. Later we went to the internet place and they played some online games on Hamsterpaj.se. They are still pretty much living on staple food, chips & nuts, and Pepsi. I hope they will come around. Tonight we will offer them to try Tibetan momos.